Car-fender



I. 0. STEPHENS.

GAR FENDER.

Patented Peb. 2, 1897.

STATES ATENT firmen.

UNITE IRA O. STEPHENS, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES L. CLOIIGI-I, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

CAR-FENDER.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 576,283, dated February 2, 1897.

Application filed October 29, 1896. Serial No. 610,415. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.- formed, if i desired, into a shoe Z) for striking Beit known that I, IRA O. STEPHENS, a citithe road-bed when the bar is forced down. Zen of the United States, residing atOakland, Thence the bar is formed or provided with a county of Alameda, State of California, have rear extension Z9', extending rearwardly and invented an Improvement in Car-Fenders; having its extremity forming some kind of a 5 5 and I hereby declare the following to be a full, slidable connection with a fixed guide. This clear, and exact description of the same. connection may be variously formed, but in My invention relates to that class of carits best form it consists of a fixed bracket C, fendersin whichindependently-acting spring having a front bar c, provided with holes io or yielding bars are employed. through which the extremity of the rear ex- 6o My invention consists in a car-fender conitension b plays slidably and freely, and in posed of a series or plurality of independent which said extremity is limited and held by spring or yielding bars extending downwardly nuts b2. The bracket has also a top bar c', to and forwardlyinto proper proximity with the which the bars B are secured above. Then road-bed, and thence curved or bent under an obstructing body is encountered, the tend- 6 5 and extending rearwardly, the extremities-of ency of the blow is to force the forward ends their rear extensions bein g slidably connected of bars B down rather than up, for the reason with a suitable guide. that they can freely move down, because their The object of my invention is to provide a rear extensions t will slide freely back in 2o car-fender of this general class in which the their guide-bar c, but they cannot move up 7o independently-acting bars shall tend under with any freedom at all, being held by said contact with an obstructing body to posiextensions, which, on account of their stoptively move downwardly to the road-bed, nuts b2, cannot pull forwardly. Thus the bars which result is obtained by means of theirrear B are controlled in the `right direction z 5 extensions, the connections for which are of In Fig. 3 I have shown the bars B as ar- 75 such a character as to cause them to control ranged in the general shape of the ordinary their bars in a proper direction and prevent pilot for pushing the obstructing body away. them from rising when struck. In this case said bars have similar rear ex- Referring to the accompanying drawings, tensions and similarly guided and connected,

3o Figure l is a side elevation of my fender. and in addition there may be added to the 8o Fig. 2 is a front view. Fig. 3 is a perspective bars cushions D. In this form, as in the other, view of my fender in another shape. the tendency of the bars is down and not up,

In the drawings I have shown my fender in and for the same ieasonwiiamely, the rear different general shapes, according as it is deextensions b.

sired to employ the basket or scoop idea of Having thus described my invention, what 85 picking the body up or receiving it in the I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters fender, or the buffer idea of breaking the force Patent, isof the blow and pushing thc body off the l. A car-fender composed of independent track. spring or yielding bars, the forward ends of 4o In Figs. Il and 2, A represents a framebar which extend to within proper proximity with 9o which may be a part of the truck or of the the road-bed, rearwardly-extending pieces car-body, as the case may be. B are spring from the forward ends of said bars, and slidor yielding bars, which project forwardly and able connections at the rear ends of said pieces downwardly in a suitable concave curve into for permitting the forward ends of the bars to proper proximity with the road-bed. These move down, but holding them from rising. 95 bars arepracticallyindependentofeach other, 2. A car-fender composed of independent as they project so far beyond their last line of spring or yielding bars, the forward ends of connection that they act separately. Each which are bent under and thence pass backbar at its forward extremity is bent under wardly as rear extensions, and a slidalole conitself and thence extends baekwardly, being nection at the rear ends of said rear extenroo sions for permitting the forward ends of the bars to move down, but holding them from r1s1ng.

3. A car-fender composed oi independent spring or yielding bars, the forward ends of which extend to within proper proximity with the road-bed, rearwardly-extending pieces from the forward ends of said bars, and a fixed guide-bar through which the rear cxtremities of said pieces pass and are slidingly connected, permitting lineal movement.

4. A car-fender composed of independent spring or yielding bars, the Aforward ends of which are bent under and thence pass backwardly as rear extensions, and a fixed guidebar through which the rear extremities of said rear extensions pass and are slidingly connected, to permit lineal movement.

5. A car-fender composed of independent spring or yielding bars having the underlying rear extensions slidably connected at their rear extremities and formed withv bearingshoes near their forward ends.

A car-fender composed of independent spring or yielding bars having the underlying rear extensions, and the fixed bracket having the front bar with holes in which the rear extremities of said rear extensions play lineally and are limited by stops.

7. A car-fender composed of independent spring or yielding bars having the underlying rear exten sions, and the iixed bracket having the front bar with holes in which the rear extremities of said rear extensions play lineally and are limited by stops, said bracket having a top bar to which the bars are secured above.

In witness whereof. I have hereunto set my hand.

IRA O. STEPHENS.

XVitiiesses:

SAMUEL STEPHENS, ELBERT PINNEY, Jr. 

